Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-07
LOTS OF CENTENARIANS,
Kaiser Wilhelm's Ninetieth birthday Calls
Attention to Old Folks

Attention to Old Folks.
The celebration of the Kaisers nine
tieth birthday has led to the publication
of the fact that there are now living in
Prussia no fewer than 5000 persons over
ninety yearsl of age, 600 of whom are
centenarians. Since the attainment of
his second majority" by NJ. Chevreul,
on the 31st of August last-on which day
a list OF centenarians appeared in the So
James Gdzette-many striking instances
of longevity have been made public
They comprise some thirty centenarians
But there are not wanting many
notable examples of what may be called
the "junior division" a proportion of
whom may be expected to graduate in
due course. Three persons have attained
their ninety-ninth year, and three others
have reached, without having completed,
their Tooth. Among the latter stands
Mrs. Whiteley, of Hull, who has been the
mother of twentyfour children.
Posen, Silesia, and East Prussia are
said to yield the largest number of aged
people of the Teutonic race. In proper
ton to its population Wales, perhaps,
most largely contributes to our returns.
But in England longevity-if it be at all
really istributable-would seem to per-
tain to classes of individuals rather than
to race or locality. The great age at
tanned by Quakers has often been no.
ticed; but their "bill of mortality" for
1886 is remarkable one even for them.
OF the 800 Friends" who died last year
in Great Britain and Ireland 81 were be-
tween 60 and 20 years of age; "A were
between 20 and so; SO were between so
and 80, and 10 were between 90 and 100
years. Among them were seventeen re-
cipicnts of income from the Friends
Provident Institution, whose average of
age was seventy-five years. The lon
gevity of annuitants is indeed ,proverbal.
Paupers are generally well represented
among the death lists of aged persons.
From report lately made to the South
wark district board of works, it appears
that during the four weeks ended on the
10th inst. twelve persons died in the
Christchurch Workhouse at the follow
ing ages: SO, SO, n, 10, 7G (2), 70, so (2),
80 and S5 (2) years. OF thirteen inmates
of the same establishment who died in
December last all were over sixty, and
three had severally attained the ages of
n, so and 81 years. Among the out
patients of the unions are sure to be
some very "tough" examples, who show
on how little of this worlds goods
hale old age may be reached. Last au
tumn laborer in his ninety year
living at Long Sutton, in Lincolnshire,
broke his thigh for the sixth time His
previous fractures had been of one. thigh
five times, his last misadventure being
with the leg which had hitherto escaped.
This veteran had also dislocated his ell
bow twice and his collar bone once.
Instances of extreme longevity in the
United States are common; but few are
more noteworthy than the statistics, lately
published in Philadelphia, of the persons
above ninety years old who died in that
city during 1886. They include "a deaths
at 80 years of age; 90 at 81; 90 at 90;
Is at 93; 8 at "a; ID at 95; 10 at 90; at
81; 3 at 9S; at 90 at 100; at 101;
1 at 1902; 3 at 104, and 1 at 100 years. A
feature of this list is the great prepon-
derance of women-a fact which seems
universally to obtain in all similar re-
turns.-,St. James Gazette.